Operations Management Questions and Answers in Quiz Form 7 for Practice

91. ...............is the process of determining which job to start first and in what order other jobs should be processed on the machine or in work centre

1. Job sequencing
2. Priority rules
3. Batch production
4. None of these

92. ...............is the system in whichitems are processed in lots and a new lot is undertaken for production only when the production on all items of a lot is complete.

1. Job production
2. Batch production
3. Mass production
4. None of these

93. ...............is the capacity that specifies a theoretical upper limit above the usual rate of routine operations.

1. Maximum capacity
2. Effective capacity
3. Actual capacity
4. None of these

94. Which of the following factors affect capacity planning?

1. Type of product
2. Type of process
3. Skill level of workers
4. all of these

95. ...............is the highest reasonable output rate which can be achieved with the current product specifications, product mix, work force, plant and equipment.

1. Publicity
2. Capacity
3. a and b
4. None of these

96. Which of the following is an objective of scheduling?

1. meet due dates
2. Minimise lead time
3. Minimise setup time and set up cost
4. all of these

97. ...............is a time table for performing activities utilizing resources or allocating activities

1. Scheduling
2. Engineering
3. Reporting
4. Communication

98. In ..............., machines and other supporting services are located according to the processing sequence of the product

1. Project lay out
2. Product lay out
3. Combination lay out
4. None of these

99. ...............starts from some data in the future and schedules the required operations in reverse sequence

1. Scheduling
2. Backward scheduling
3. Forward scheduling
4. all of these

100. The lay out in which production operation is performed in a fixed position is called

1. Project lay out
2. Product lay out
3. a andb
4. None of these

101. ...............decision is the systematic process of determining a geographic site for a firms operations.

1. Plant location
2. Plant layout
3. Product lay out
4. none of these

102. In this sampling plan, the inspection results of two sample sizes are used to decide whether to accept or reject the complete lot.

1. Single sampling plan
2. Double sampling plan
3. Questionnaire
4. Census investigation

103. The layout in which all the equipmentsperforming similar tasks are grouped together is called

1. product lay out
2. Process lay out
3. Combination lay out
4. None of these

104. Which of the following is a part of cost of quality?

1. Prevention cost
2. Appraisal cost
3. Failure cost
4. all of these

105. Which of the following affect the choice of plant location decision?

1. Proximity to markets
2. Supply of materials
3. a and b
4. none of these